New sexual revolution. Justin Trudeau in Papineau. Canadians and the migrant crisis. Refugee crisis in Hungary. Ultra-wideband communication. Sholay.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 15, 2015
Expert commentators
Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:
- Emer O'Toole, assistant professor in the School of Canadian Irish Studies, is featured in an article in L'Actualité about a new sexual revolution that challenges gender stereotypes. The article mentions O'Toole's appearance alongside Irish drag queen "Miss Panti Bliss" in February's "Thinking Out Loud: Gender Performed - A conversation about sex, gender, theatre and politics", last February. The article also mentions O'Toole's new book, Girls Will Be Girls : Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently.
- Global News turns to Daniel Salée, professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, for his perspective on the NDP's election day prospects in the riding of Papineau, currently held by Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau. Salée appears at the 1:04 mark of the news report and is quoted in the text version of the story.
- CBC.ca, reporting on the latest results from its online voter engagement survey, quotes Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Matthews talks about the survey findings on Canadians' attitudes toward greater openness to refugees, notably those fleeing the fighting in Syria.
- Emeritus professor of political science András B. Göllner has an op-ed in the National Post in which he expresses concern about the Hungarian government's handling of the migrant crisis in the country.
- The Orlando Sentinel repeats a brief announcing that Ahmed Kishk, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will give a talk about ultra-wideband communication at the University of Central Florida, tomorrow.
- An essay by film studies professor Thomas Waugh is mentioned in an article in the Pune Mirror about queer subtext in the 1975 film from India, Sholay.